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Two pilots killed in Pakistan fighter crash Islamabad, June 26 (AFP) Jun 26, 2018 Two Pakistan Air Force pilots were killed Tuesday when an F-7 fighter jet crashed during a training mission at a base outside the northwestern city of Peshawar, officials said. The aircraft was landing after the routine flight when it crashed, the air force said in a statement. It did not give further details but said a "board of inquiry has been ordered by air headquarters to determine the cause of accident". The F-7, a Chinese variant of the Russian MiG-21, has been in the Pakistan Air Force fleet for decades. It plans to replace the ageing jets by 2020 with JF-17s, which are co-produced with China. |
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